FSOA AND ASSOCIATED REGULATIONS APPLIED TO FUTURE
EUROPEAN LAUNCHERS A5 ES GALILEO, A5ME, A6
Sixth IAASS-Session 2
Regulations and standards for safety
François CAHUZAC / Arnaud BIARD
Date : 2013, May 21th
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BASIS OF THE FRENCH SPACE OPERATIONS ACT
ORIGIN OF REQUIREMENTS FOR LAUNCHERS
DEVELOPMENT MAIN STEPS
CONTROL OF RISK / GLOBAL APPROACH :
COVERING OF REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED TO FSOA
A5ES GALILEO
ARIANE 5 ME
ARIANE 6
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK
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BASIS OF THE FRENCH SPACE OPERATIONS ACT 1/2
General purpose
the general purpose of FSOA is the declination in the French Law of:
1967 UN Treaties principles ( Outer Space Treaty),
1972 Liability Convention
1976 Registration Convention
Made in accordance with European commitments with the ESA organization and its Members States
Control and monitoring of Space operations (to ensure the safety of persons,
property, public health and the environment, on the ground and during the flight)
Responsibilty of the operator
General regime
Authorizations are granted after completion of the following process:
An administrative review to assess moral, financial and professional guarantees of the operator.
A technical review of the Space system definition and procedures to be carried out by the applicant
showing conformity to the Technical Regulation (RT)
Specific regime for operations from CSG (Guiana Space Port)
CNES general mission of “safeguard”
Coordination and control in flight.
A specific regulation applicable within the limits of the perimeter defined above is set out. (REI)
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BASIS OF THE FRENCH SPACE OPERATIONS ACT 2/2
Consultation regime
Preliminary technical assessment (optional consultation) for systems under development
(Authorization Decree: Article 11) :
This consultation enables CNES to certify systems or sub-systems under development at given
milestones
These certifications issued by CNES may be used by the operator in the authorization
procedure to facilitate the granting of authorization
Regulations
In application of the above regimes, two regulations were set forth, in particular for the safety of
persons and property, the protection of public health and the environment
RT : The Technical Regulation (RT) associated with the general regime. It deals with risk
starting at the moment when the launching operations become irreversible.
REI : The decree regulating the operations of the Guiana Space center facilities (REI). It deals
with risks on the ground and during the flight within the perimeter of CSG. It covers the
preparation of the flight in CSG, and the flight in the vicinity of CSG.
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CONTROL OF RISK / GLOBAL APPROACH :
COVERING OF REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED TO FSOA
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preparation Near field Far field
Development Mission Activities on the preparation launch rangelauncher subsystemfabrication
Specific regime : operations and associated risks covered REI
launch
Controled Reentry
disposal phase In orbit phaseUncontroled
re-entry
General regime : operations and associated risks covered RT
Launch phase
MSISafety & intervention
MSASurveillance and alert
function
Irreversible instantOf launch operation
SeparationLauncher / Payloads
Feared events
Possible causes of feared events
The generation of risks begins at the beginning of the development of the launch system
and ends after re-entry. Control and monitoring of risks must therefore follow the same temporality.
Nominal case
BalisticPhase
In case of duly justified impossibility
Ground safety
End of life
ORIGIN OF REQUIREMENTS FOR LAUNCHERS
Sur Titre
Texte
1er niveau puce
2ieme niveau puce
» 3ieme niveau puce
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CSG Range command rules Quality system Launcher reliability Stage fall-back Far field (quantitative requirement) definition and tuning
and application of predictive intervention criteria Near field Staff protection on ground Launch field interfaces Real time safeguard operation
Code of conduct on debris
space debris mitigation
Technical Regulation Quality system Launcher reliability Stage fall-back Far field (quantitative requirement) definition and tuning of predictive intervention criteria space debris mitigation Collision avoidance Hazard analysis Environmental Impact analysis
Decree Regulating the Operation of CSG Application of predictive intervention criteria Near field requirements Staff protection on ground Launch field interfaces Real time safeguard operation
Before the act
After the act
• A new approach required
• 2 new methodological requirements
DEVELOPMENT MAIN STEPS
feasibility phase
preliminary definition phase
detailed definition phase
pre-flight qualification tests
qualification phase
qualification flights phase
exploitation phase
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Certification of conformity possible for:
• launch system
• propulsion subsystem of a launcher
• launch installations
A5ES GALILEO 1/2
A5 ES Galileo (European positioning system)
Mission
satellites injected at an altitude of 23 222 km
orbit inclination 56° to the Equator
in three orbital planes.
Ten satellites will be spread evenly around each plane
First flight scheduled 2014
Launcher
Ariane 5 same configuration as ATV + adapted upper composite
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A5ES GALILEO 2/2
Conformity file submitted to CNES after PDR general notice of conformity
internal standards and quality management provisions
hazard study and impact assessment
project team objectives to mitigate the risks of non-conformities identified late in the development
certification entity objective the safety risk has to be identified and to be mitigated
the common goal to identify the most early all the sources of future dangers in flight. Moreover, for both entities, the goal
is to make the formal certification loop efficient.
Organization One leader in the project to establish the conformity
One leader in the inspector team to check the conformity
Strong and regular dialogue between the two teams
Access to information and reviews for inspectors and their technical support
For example, concerning effects of failure during upper stage ignition or passivation flight phases, several meetings were organized between CNES inspection team and ESA project team to define the final solution.
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ARIANE 5 ME 1/3
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Main data Ariane 5 MEHeight Up to 53 m
Diameter Up to 5.4 m
Lift-off mass* ~ 800 t
Payload mass ** Up to 11.5 t
•* Dual satellite launch
** into GTO
November 2012 ESA Council meeting at ministerial level in Naples, Italy, Ministers secured investments for development of Ariane 5 ME.
ARIANE 5 ME 2/3
Conformity file submitted to CNES after PDR
Submission of the conformity file in 2012
coordination process between the certification entity CNES and the projectteam ESA has been implemented.
in March 2013, a Certificate of preliminary technical conformity to the
Technical Regulation was granted to ESA by CNES for the A5ME launch
system at the PDR stage.
After this event, a continuous process of implication is set-up. The certification
entity is informed of each step of the implementation of the working plan
aiming to prove before the first flight, that the launch system is in complete
compliance. During the phase of detail design, the inspectors of CNES will be
associated to the development and especially to the subsystems reviews.
Next step for the submission of a certificate of conformity will be the Critical
Design Review.
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ARIANE 5 ME 3/3 : LESSONS LEARNED
For the same reasons than for A5 ES Galileo a dialogue has been established
continuously between the different entities.
Before delivery of the certificate, this dialogue allows
the project team to well understand the objectives of the regulation
the inspectors to understand the technical issues raised by this new
development, using some new technologies, as the deployable nozzle of the
Vinci engine.
Before delivery of the certificate, the development goes on and thus the system
evolves in parallel to the certification analysis. Exchanges of information have
been necessary, so that the certifier could consider as far as possible the
updates of files in the final certificate.
After delivery of the certificate, the results of the development can confirm or
infirm the foreseen working plans. For this reason, it is necessary to inform the
inspectors of these hazards, in order to adapt continuously the working plan.
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ARIANE 6
Main characteristics
Single-payload launch system that can cover a widerange of missions:
GEO, either directly or through intermediateorbits, in particular GTO and LEO,
Polar/SSO,
MEO or MTO,
other.
Targeted payload performance of Ariane 6 is
4 t for polar/SSO missions at 800 km altitude
3–6.5 t in GTO equivalent
Exploitation cost is a key driver
First flight is targeted for 2021
November 2012 ESA Council meeting at ministeriallevel in Naples, Italy, Ministers secured investmentsfor detailed definition studies of the new Ariane 6launcher.
Ariane 6 will be the first European launcherdeveloped, taking in account RT and REI as referenceregulations since the first steps of its development.
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Some of the Ariane 6 concepts
under investigation
EXPERIENCE FEEDBACK
Positive consideration of the regulation (RT, REI) for future launcher,
which is now the reference.
Preliminary technical assessment are requested by project teams.
Requirement are taken in account by the project, in the early steps of the
projects.
Requirements (RT, REI) are expressed in a more explicit way, and so is
easier to check.
Inspectors having generally participated to development are able to
discuss with the project people.
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